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Thank God It's Friday!: The Music of Shabbat | 
 enlarge | Creators: Samuel Cohen, Goldfarb, George Frederick Handel, Louis Lewandowski, Felix Mendelssohn, Salomon Sulzer, Jewish Traditional, Anne Briggs, Mary Jane Newman, David Ossenfort, Lisa Rautenberg
Label: Vox (Classical)
Category: Music
Buy New: $6.98
New (5) Used (3) from $2.00
Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 43498
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 7546
UPC: 047163754623
EAN: 0047163754623
ASIN: B000001KF3
Release Date: November 18, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | Adon Olam | | • | Unspecified choral work: He That Shall Endure |
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 A joy to the ear July 12, 2008
Thank G-d It's Friday is a beautiful collection on songs for the Sabbath (Jewish). Wonderful voices and a good quality CD. I wasn't too sure about ordering this CD but I'm glad I did. It rather sets the tone for me on a Friday afternoon while coming home in my car. I have lent it to a good friend of mine and have had a similar response. Good, very good.
 Kol HaKavod April 21, 2008
This is a most beautifully arranged, magnificently composed, splendidly selected compilation of Sabbath melodies from the psalms, prayers, and hymns. It is a delight to the ears, and song to the soul, an uplift to the spirit. You probably could find a better rendition of the musical essence for the Sabbath: Thank God It's Friday. Kol HaKavod!
 Shabbat not. June 26, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This CD is just a little too much churchy. Choir and organ music not what I remember from Shabbat services. Otherwise good.
powerfully spiritual November 24, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I usually play this when I am home alone. It is very moving and brings me to tears also. The solo voices are very beautiful. The music is also serene in some ways and I feel close to God when listening to it. I want to find more like it.
Poignant musical celebration of the holiness of Shabbat November 21, 2005
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Thank God It's Friday has a completely different meaning for Jews. Sure, it's the end of the work week, but it's also a sacred time to devote ourselves to exploring our relationship with G-d. Depending on the branch of Judaism, anything from turning on the lights, turning the key in the ignition, or even writing falls under the 39 categories of forbidden work. Eighteen minutes before sunset, the Shabbat candles are lit and blessed, and the evening and next day is "a rest of love freely given, a rest of truth and sincerity, a rest in peace and tranquility, in quietude and safety." Shabbat has been likened to a bride (Shabbat ha-Kallah) and queen (Shabbat ha-Malkah), immortalized in Solomon ben Moses HaLvi Alkabets' poem L'kha Dodi.
Jews have always used music in worship (Psalm 150 is a good example); in the First and Second Temples, the Levites engaged in vocal and instrumental music, with the liturgy being sung chorally. Jewish liturgical music rapidly came into its own during the Middle Ages, with Sephardic music being strongly influenced by the Muslim occupation. The Reform movement sought to incorporate organ and trained choirs based on German Protestantism, and this is the sound present on "Thank God It's Friday."
There are 24 beautiful tracks, some instrumental (Shalom Aleichem, V'ahavta, Hatikvah), some with soloists (V'ahavta, L'cha Dodi, Aleinu, Va'Nachnu, Kiddush, Kedusha), and many with organ and full choir. This CD brought tears to my eyes with its beautiful, uplifting renditions of sacred songs, the combination of violin, organ, flute and full choir sounding very rich. Although other reviewers have mentioned the "echoey" sound, I didn't notice it at all. An absolute bargain for the current price, and a wonderful gift for those who love Jewish, classical, or liturgical choral music. Shabbat shalom!
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